Mayor Gavin Newsom, joined by Susan Leal , General Manager of the SFPUC, and Jared Blumenfeld, Director of the Dept. of Environment in SF, announce a plan to harness tidal energy by sinking giant turbines under the Golden Gate Bridge that would produce alternative energy for the city. These pictures made on Monday, Sept. 19, 2006, in San Francisco, CA. less

Mayor Gavin Newsom, joined by Susan Leal , General Manager of the SFPUC, and Jared Blumenfeld, Director of the Dept. of Environment in SF, announce a plan to harness tidal energy by sinking giant turbines under ... more

Photo: Katy Raddatz, SFC

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The area near Sharp Park in Pacifica where there are no more tires

The area near Sharp Park in Pacifica where there are no more tires

Photo: Jonathan Curiel

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Pacifica: Old tires cleared off the land

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RESULTS: DAY 113

Tires removed in Pacifica: For more than a decade, old tires crowded along a natural habitat in Pacifica, between Sharp Park Golf Course and Mori Point, but the rubber has finally disappeared. The property is managed by the San Francisco Recreation and Park Department, which - in coordination with the National Park Service, Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, California Department of Fish and Game, and the city of Pacifica - removed the assemblage. Mindful of the wildlife that nestled into the area over the years, the Park and Rec crew carefully plucked and carted off the approximately 3,000 tires, which were put there by a onetime owner to corral horses. Today, there are no equines in the area - just crows, dragonflies, plants, a water outlet and a walking path from which people can see the newly cleared land.